Bangkok--17 Jul--DTAC
dtac and Telenor Group announced the success of "Capture App", a popular online storage application. Capture App allows users to save photos and videos of up to 100 GB from any device at any time through the Telenor cloud in a structured timeline format. It also allows users to share stored media with friends via social media or email in a fun, creative manner through Capture's unique "Create a Story" feature. Capture App helps reduce the concerns of limited space for data storage on smartphones and data loss in the case of lost devices. Currently, more than 500 million images have been uploaded to the service from more than 600,000 users globally.
Miss Prisana Ratanasuwansri, Senior Vice President, Postpaid Business of Total Access Communication PLC. or dtac, said: "After the launch of Capture here in April, we now have more than 350,000 users in Thailand. After just two weeks, the app had already gained 175,000 users. Capture App has quickly become a popular application among Thai people because of its easy-to-use functions, free storage and ability for Happy and dtac customers to share their content. Customers using other services are also able to access free storage up to 2 GB. Currently, there are more than 100,000 users from other services that have downloaded Capture App. These figures have brought Capture App to rank second in the list of top downloaded applications from the App Store. Nearly 4,500 users subscribed and downloaded Capture App each day, and more than 120,000 customers uploaded and stored their photos in the app every week."
In order to celebrate the success of Capture App application and to thank customers, dtac is providing a special promotion for new iPhone purchasers with Happy or dtac numbers from now to 31 July 2015 with 100 GB of free storage.
Capture App was first launched in Norway by Telenor Digital and has quickly gained popularity. The app can be downloaded from both Android and iOS system. It received 4.5-star rating in the App Store and Google Play, higher than all other comparable cloud services. In Asia market, this app has already been launched in two countries including Thailand by dtac and Malaysia by Digi.
Mr. Gunnar Sælleg, Head of Product Innovation, Telenor Digital, revealed that: "We are extremely pleased with the enthusiastic reception Capture App has received in Asia and are well on our way to reaching 1 million users worldwide. Telenor Digital's seamless, agile, and easy-to-use online storage and sharing application for photos and videos has proven to be a big hit. We congratulate dtac on the launch and are excited about adding Capture App to our innovative digital offerings in other markets in Asia and Europe."
Photo and video sharing has become increasingly popular with the growth of social media in the Asian region. In 2014, Thai users uploaded more than 497 million photos to Facebook and more than 100 million photos and videos to Instagram, while Malaysia has the third highest Facebook penetration in the region after Indonesia and Vietnam.
"Secure storage and storing of pictures will continue to be a priority for Telenor in the future. We want our customers to know that they can store their memories in a safe way with us." Sælleg added.
Telenor plans to roll out the service to most of its business units around the globe in the coming months and years.
Capture is now available for iOS and Android smartphones and tablets through the App Store and Google Play, by searching "Capture App", or downloads atwww.dtac.co.th/captureapp